Midnight Marauder
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The mud in the water is, whether there is a difference between being a Citizen, or a natural born one. It's never been ruled what "natural born" means.It's hardly clear if the Framers meant "on our soil" or not. Interesting article here: Natural born citizen of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaActually it is. It clearly states "natural born citizen." The citizenship clause of the 14th amendment (secton 1, clause 1) allows that all children born to US Citizens has a natural birthright to US Citizenship.
What the heel does the Framer's intent have to do with anything? We have SCOTUS rulings. Two of them. Elk v. Wilkins and United States v. Wong Kim Ark.
These two rulings outlined who qualifes and who does not.
These people qualify:
-Children born to U.S. citizens
-Children born to aliens who are lawfully inside the United States who intend to obey its laws
Obama qualifies under the bolded part, no matter what the geography is.
But, it's actually moot at this point.